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A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France
A paleoparasitological study was carried out on 2 lead coffins recovered from the Roman site of Jaunay-Clan (near Poitiers, France). For the first time, this particular type of burial gave positive parasitological results, and eggs of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura were identified in 1 individual....
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The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.625 |
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author | Dufour, Benjamin Segard, Maxence Le Bailly, Matthieu |
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description | A paleoparasitological study was carried out on 2 lead coffins recovered from the Roman site of Jaunay-Clan (near Poitiers, France). For the first time, this particular type of burial gave positive parasitological results, and eggs of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura were identified in 1 individual. In the present case, thanatomorphose associated with funerary practices may explain the scarcity of the recovered eggs. However, human whipworm has now been observed in 9 individuals dated to the Roman period. The very high frequency of Trichuris sp. eggs in Roman archaeological sites (up to 80%) suggests that fecal peril, hygiene, and waste management were problematic during this period. Finally, due to the fact that very few analyses have been conducted on human bodies dated to the Roman period, more analyses must be performed in the future to provide further information about diseases in the Roman world. |
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spelling | pubmed-51275342016-11-30 A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France Dufour, Benjamin Segard, Maxence Le Bailly, Matthieu Korean J Parasitol Special Section on Paleoparasitology A paleoparasitological study was carried out on 2 lead coffins recovered from the Roman site of Jaunay-Clan (near Poitiers, France). For the first time, this particular type of burial gave positive parasitological results, and eggs of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura were identified in 1 individual. In the present case, thanatomorphose associated with funerary practices may explain the scarcity of the recovered eggs. However, human whipworm has now been observed in 9 individuals dated to the Roman period. The very high frequency of Trichuris sp. eggs in Roman archaeological sites (up to 80%) suggests that fecal peril, hygiene, and waste management were problematic during this period. Finally, due to the fact that very few analyses have been conducted on human bodies dated to the Roman period, more analyses must be performed in the future to provide further information about diseases in the Roman world. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2016-10 2016-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5127534/ /pubmed/27853119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.625 Text en Copyright © 2016 by The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Special Section on Paleoparasitology Dufour, Benjamin Segard, Maxence Le Bailly, Matthieu A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title | A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title_full | A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title_fullStr | A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title_full_unstemmed | A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title_short | A First Case of Human Trichuriasis from a Roman Lead Coffin in France |
title_sort | first case of human trichuriasis from a roman lead coffin in france |
topic | Special Section on Paleoparasitology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2016.54.5.625 |
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